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...play's focus is John, a sort of Holden Caulfield for the "Silver Spoons" set, and his unrequited passion for his longtime friend Lisa. Rejecting the complicated poetics of the Petrachan lover...
...like listening to a World Series no-hitter called by a taciturn announcer: the listener knows something terrific is happening out there, but he just can't hear it. The narrator is teenager Jane Singer, second daughter of a gently Jewish family from Cleveland and worshipper of Holden Caulfield. Jane tells about, among others, her mother, who divorces Jane's father and takes up the violin, and her formerly promiscuous sister, who marries an Orthodox doctor and gives birth to a boy Jane jokingly calls "the Little Messiah." Except for eloquent moments, the reader longs for a little verve. Jane...
...company in a spin-off of the retailer's financial units. Prudential Insurance, which injected $900 million in capital into its property-casualty division after it was hit with $1.2 billion in Andrew-related claims, was placed on review by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's. E. Michael Caulfield, president of Prudential Property & Casualty, argues that the moves are unwarranted considering the industry's large capital base. "Wall Street is overreacting because the numbers are so big and scary...
Tyler Johnson is no Holden Caulfield--although you get the sense that he wants to be. An unfocused youth from the latest of the lost generations, Tyler drifts across states, oceans and experiences. He is chatty and conversational, swiftly taking us into his immediate confidence and assuming that we are enraptured by the details of his life...
...Holden Caulfield carried the sixties generation along by the sheer force of his subversive personality. But these are the choice-filled nineties, characterized by mallside food courts and 57 channels on the cable box. Personality turns our heads, but Tyler needs a little more than charisma to grab our attention for good...